Maybe build a server around the norco RPC-4224 case? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219038
-derek On Mon, June 23, 2014 9:41 am, Stephen Adler wrote: > You guys have given me some great feed back. Thanks! > > Another question. As I try and configure this server which I'm getting > for work, the key issue is its ability to have a lot of hot swappable > disks. what I'm seeing these days is a migration to the 2.5" drives away > from the 3.5". The problem is the 2.5" drives only go up to 1 terabyte, > while the 3.5" drives go up to 6 terabytes. so what's up with this 2.5" > drive bit. The literature says that they consume less power (the 2.5" > drives) and are the favorite for data centers. But there's a factor of 3 > difference between the storage capacity and size. so the problem is that > I have very few options when it comes to buying a rack mounted server > with 3.5" hot swap-able drives. there seems to be a lot more rack > servers with 2.5" drive bays. > > Can anyone recommend a system with 16 3.5" drive bays? > > On Sun, 2014-06-22 at 14:14 +0000, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: >> > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey....@blu.org [mailto:discuss- >> > bounces+blu=nedharvey....@blu.org] On Behalf Of Bill Bogstad >> > >> > Actual media that you can take physically offline may still have >> merit. >> >> I've heard tons of horror stories where some company's data, including >> all backups, were destroyed instantly. Not just redundancy, but backups >> too. >> >> I know of ONE company, where the only reason the company survived was >> because the CEO had a copy of the core IP on his iPod. >> >> Offsite and Offline. No substitute. >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss